My "natural" methods of filtration are going well. The lower section of the tank is growing in nicely. Love the colors of these softies, especially under actinics only.Ī pair of lettuce slugs rid my rocks of bryopsis. My fastest growing SPS frag - an ORA Bali Slimer. I traded out my pair of McCosker's for this beautiful 4-line wrasse. Before you use Vaseline as a moisturizer, however, there's some. Notice the growth of the blasto and pipe organ frags from the "Day 74 pic". Petroleum jelly, most well-known under the brand name Vaseline, has many uses, from soothing dry skin to helping style eyebrows. Water changes are performed every two weeks - the longest I went without a change was 4 weeks. Carbon is changed out every 2 weeks as well. I also utilize wads of cheato stuffed behind the rockwork for export along the the red gracilaria seen in the display. The gracilaria is trimmed back frequently and the one on the right rose to the top of the water column at one time then I cut it way down again. I began adding more SPS frags in the last couple of months. Some of the frags were bleached in shipment and saved. I traded the green pagoda cup for a green bubble coral because of warfare/sliming issues. I just thought I would show that natural methods of filtration work quite well and I dig the simplicity of my set-up.Įarlier stage pics of my tank can be seen in my gallery I have not lost any livestock except when I attempted to add some peppermints which were preyed upon by my 4-line wrasse. My last set-up this way (20g.) lasted well over a year with the same results until it was destroyed by a fire. There are still pics of it in my gallery and the whole tank survived a 1500 mile move.Īs for pods the cheato behind the rocks and the dense gracilaria offer nice shelter and breeding grounds. I have lots of mysis and they have a 2 year lifespan. The red-spotted blenny mainly eats fine macro algae off the rocks and has a full belly all the time. Petroleum jelly, petrolatum, white petrolatum, soft paraffin, or multi-hydrocarbon, CAS number, is a semi-solid mixture of hydrocarbons originally. If I were to add one more of even the smallest of fish ~ the system would probably not handle it.Īnyways I am not saying this is the best way to run a 30G. tank its just something I take pride in and works very well for me. The lack of equipment allows it to be completely silent. I utilize the same methods of filtration on several marine life & coral systems at work with the difference being that I run refugiums. These systems are also skimmerless, thriving and are lightly stocked with similar fish. I think the key is the low bio load and the consistant water changes.why wouldn't it work long term? Thanks for all the kind and constructive comments guys! The aiptasia tank in my sig is for breeding Berghia nudis. That's what its all about creating a nice balance between import and export of nutrients. I don't think I have a low bio-load for a 30G. Think about it ~ there is probably only 20Gs of water in there.
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